It starts to drop the instant it leaves the barrel
a 12 gauge shotgun can shoot about 30 yards accuracy
With a well placed shot a 12 gauge slug can kill a black bear.
Are you interested in knowing how far a 12 gauge slug will travel, or are you looking for the distance various loads of shot will travel?
Have it checked over by a gunmsith first. No reason it can't if in good mechanical condition.
A 12 gauge slug can typically travel around 100-150 yards before it begins to drop significantly due to gravity. Beyond this distance, accuracy and energy will decrease as the slug loses velocity and starts to fall.
It is not possible to blast a hole in 2 inch steel plate with a 12 gauge slug. The slug will barely dent the plate, if it does anything at all.
Yes. Standard chokes should be OK. Extra full chokes, on modern turkey guns, no.
The only way to know is to experiment with as many different loads as you can find.
Technically a 12 gauge shotgun does not shoot a single bullet. It fires small lead balls from .25 inches in diameter to 1mm in diameter or less. Shotguns are also cabable of firing a slug which is esentially a very heavy bullet. The range depends on the angle of the barrel relative to the ground. in theory it begins to drop as it exits the muzzle.
i have a 12 gauge unrifled barrel 500 model.what type of slug do you reccomend for the mossberg
No, you can not shoot anything but 12 gauge shotgun shells through a 12 gauge shotgun. Never use any ammunition other than what the firearm was designed for.